Free Agents April 23-29

Things have gone as well as could be epected at work and at home this week. Thanks for your prayers. Please keep them coming this week.

On to free agency.....

Brian places Ben Zobrist on waivers and signs Luis Vizcaino for $1.

Mike places Rich Harden and Andy Marte on the DL and signs Philip Hughes for $12 and Ryan Theriot for $2.

Austin waives Matt Garza and signs Chad Guadin for $2.

Joel places Milton Bradley on the DL and signs Austin Kearns for $2.

Todd waives Clay Hensley and signs Nate Robertson for $3.

Pandas place Akinori Iwamura on the DL and sin Brandon Wood for $6. Pandas also waive Esteban German and sign Hunter pence for $3.

Sandlots waive Freddy Garcia and Shane Victorino and sign James Shields for $6 and Juan Rincon for $3.

Jon waives Sean Casey and signs Jose Bautista for $5.

Updated salary caps:

Brian: $46, $4 on DL
Mike: $96, $54 on DL
John: $39
Joel: $38, $6 on DL
Austin: $39, $17 on DL
Scott: $56
Peter: $56. $15 on DL
Todd: $57, $21 on DL
Matt: $45 (1 open bench spot)
Pandas: $50, $29 on DL
Jon: $32, $5 on DL
Sandlot: $87, $8 on DL (including Josh Johnson)

Free Agent Activity April 16-22

So y'all know, I will be VERY busy at work for the next week and a half. I will do my best to have next week's free agent activity up by noon Sunday, but no promises. Please remember to pray for Christine, Aidan, Aaron and I for the next week and a half that God would strengthen and protect us.

On to free agency.....

Brian places Mike Mussina on the DL and signs Henry Owens for $5. Also waives Nelson Cruz and signs Kevin Mench for $1. Lastly, fills two open bench spots by signing Dmitri Young for $5 and John Buck for a buck (couldn't resist).

Mike places B.J. Ryan and Octavio Dot-ask, Dotel (sorry, I'm tired) on the DL and signs Joakim Soria and David Aardsma for $1 each.

Austin waives Andrew Miller and signs Kyle Lohse for $3.

Joel waives Brad Wilkerson and Matt Murton and signs Shawn Green for $5 and Rich Aurilia for $4.

Todd waives Zach Duke and signs Braden Looper for $2.

Pandas place Troy Glaus (man needs a faith heeler) and Howie Kendrick on the DL and Travis Buck and Sammy Sosa for $2 each. Since I signed John and the Pandas signed Travis, we can now say the Buck stops here.

Sandlots waive Mike Napoli, John Patterson and Dave Weathers and sign Kelly Johnson and Tom Gorzelanny for $7 each and Josh Johnson (who will go right to the DL) for $3 each.

Updated salary caps:

Brian: $64, $37 on DL
Mike: $88, $31 on DL
John: $39
Joel: $34
Austin: $39, $17 on DL
Scott: $56
Peter: $45
Todd: $58, $21 on DL
Matt: $45 (1 open bench spot)
Pandas: $60, $27 on DL
Jon: $37, $5 on DL
Sandlot: $87, $11 on DL (including Josh Johnson)

Free Agents April 9-15

Before I start, a couple of things:

Again, I apologize for the re-set. I was in touch with ESPN and there is NOTHING that can be done to re-apply bench moves made between April 1 and April 11. Now, I personally think that everyone gained and lost from this, and I hope that it doen't affect the year-end results. But, as I stated last week, even if we changed providers, I don't think anyone kept meticulous track of their moves, so it probably wouldn't make much difference.

Also, we had our first trade of the year (in case you haven't checked your e-mail recently). Mike shipped Matt Holliday, Freddy Garcia and Lastings Milledge to the Sandlot Gang for Derek Jeter and Rich Harden. No salary was retained in the deal and the balances below reflect the salaries exchanged in the deal.

On to the FA Activity for this week:

Mike fills two open bench spots by signing Micah Owings for $3 and Andy Marte for $1.

Brian places Hideki Matsui on the DL and signs Nate Robertson for $8.

Pandas waive Chad Billingsley and Jonny Gomes and sign Mike MacDougal and J.J. Hardy for $2 each.

Jon places Cliff Lee and Reed Johnson on the DL and signs Kip Wells for $4 and Luis Gonzalez for $3. Also waives Randy Winn and signs Geoff Jenkins for $8.

Todd waives Yuniesky Betancourt, Pedro Feliz and Scott Proctor. Signs Kaz Matsui for $3 and Maicer Izturis and Rafael Betancourt for $1 each. Todd, please see my e-mail for your DL move.

Scott fils his open bench spot by signing Al Reyes for $10.

Joel fills his open bench spot by signing Todd Coffey for $4.

Balances:

Brian: $67, $28 on DL.
Mike: $59
John: $39
Joel: $43
Austin: $54, $29 on DL.
Scott: $56
Peter $45, $2 on DL.
Todd: $61, $20 on DL
Matt: $45
Pandas: $40. $3 on DL
Jon: $37, $5 on DL
Sandlot Gang: $103, $8 on DL

Reset Status

Gents:

As you are all now (in some cases painfully) aware, the bright minds at ESPN resorted to the Nuclear option to fix whatever was, apparently, ailing the Fantasy Baseball game.

I have just finished restoring rosters to the best of my ability. I CANNOT repeat roster moves done during the past week and a half. Those updates, and their effect on scoring, cannot be recovered.

Your free agents are back on your rosters. I also posted the trade between the Bears and the Sandlot, but have given them the option to reverse the trade, given the current situation.

For this week only, I will not be counting bench moves. The 5-move cap will resume on Monday.

I realize this is a hassle, but I am going to keep the league here, since the activity lost here cannot really be recovered by moving to another provider. Any issues/questions, please e-mail me at either crbl2006@gmail.com or bjbenallick@hotmail.com.

Free Agents, April 1-8

I have a few small issues with the free agents this week that need to be cleared up. As a result, some of the free agent moves listed below are posted, and some aren't. I will finish up the rest once each owner fixes his roster.

REMINDER: Please do not use your rostered free agents before Monday. Saturday at 10 is the cutoff to allow me until EOD Sunday to get them updated. You caught me in an insomnia cycle, hence the updates.

So, here's the moves, as well as instructions on what I need done to fix your rosters. In future, please remember to move players to the DL yourself before Saturday night. I can no longer do it for you.

Austin places Chone Figgins, Jered Weaver and Jeremy Hermida on the DL. Signs Andrew Miller for $3, Jack Wilson for $2 and Josh Hamilton for $1. Also signs Alex Gordon for $15 to fill his open bench spot. Austin, please place Hermida on the DL and then I can activate Wilson. Remaining balance: $54, $29 on DL.

Brian B. places Pedro Martinez and Chien-Ming Wang on the DL. Signs Ted Lilly for $3 and Oliver Perez for $2. Also signs Wes Helms for $2 to fill his open bench spot. Remaining balance: $53, $8 on DL.

John signs Jason Frasor for $6 to fill his open bench spot. Remaining balance: $39.

Pandas place Francisco Liriano on the DL and waive Kei Igawa. Sign Tom Gorzelanny and Noah Lowry for $1 each. Also sign Kevin Millwood for $1 to fill their open bench spot. Remaining balance: $44, $1 on DL. Also, I was greatly confused by the player bid. Were you dropping someone, since your bid requested Millwood for your open bench spot? If so, who?.

Peter places Taylor Tankersley on the DL. Signs Justin Speier for $1. Also signs Gary Matthews Jr. for $4 to fill his open bench spot (and earn Scott's undying wrath). Peter, please place Tankersley on the DL and then I can activate Speier. Remaining balance: $45, $2 on DL.

Todd places Rafael Furcal and Carlos Quentin on the DL. Signs Mark DeRosa for $4, and Miguel Olivo for $2. Also signs Brandon Lyon for $1 to fill his open bench spot. Todd, please place Furcal and Quentin on the DL and then I can activate Olivo and Lyon. Remaining balance: $77, $32 on DL.

Jon signs Ramon Ortiz for $2 to fill his open bench spot. Remaining balance: $47.

Sandlot Gang places Eric Gagne on the DL. Signs Dave Weathers for $1. Also signs Derrick Turnbow for $1 to fill his open bench spot. Remaining balance: $78, $5 on DL.

My 2007 Baseball Predictions

Here's my predictions for this year. I'd like to see yours:

AL East: Red Sox, Yankees, Blue Jays, D-Rays, Orioles
AL Central: Tigers, Indians, White Sox, Twins, Royals
AL West: Rangers, Angels, Athletics, Mariners
AL Wild Card: Yankees
ALDS: Yankees over Rangers, Red Sox over Tigers
ALCS: Red Sox over Yankees

NL East: Phillies, Mets, Braves, Marlins, Nationals
NL Central: Cubs, Brewers, Cardinals, Astros, Reds, Pirates
NL West: Giants, Dodgers, Padres, Diamondbacks, Rockies
NL Wild Card: Mets
NLDS: Mets over Giants, Phillies over Cubs
NLCS: Phillies over Mets

WORLD SERIES: Phillies over Red Sox

AL MVP: Mark Teixeira
AL Cy Young: Jeremy Bonderman
AL Rookie: Daisuke Matsuzaka

NL MVP: Derrek Lee
NL Cy Young: Barry Zito
NL Rookie: Felix Pie